Wickham Green too Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 40 minutes ago, reddragon said: Imagine heritage railway rakes! ... The majority of heritage railway vehicles are little different from out-of-the-box standard coaches already available from the trade - though you might have to bite that ever-so-hard bullet and commit to renumbering ..... other coaches modified with wheelchair lifts or whatever are generally unique and would only have a tiny market in rtr model terms - but they could be produced from standard products with a little proper modelling ! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 A new tooled MK1 range of the gangway type providing some form of accessible variants would be interesting (if feasible), and given the longevity of the MK1s, you have to tool up a wide range anyway, personally I would be happy to see Accurascale produce MK1s as it's rather difficult to acquire SKs, SOs, etc as mentioned previously, not to mention would go well with practically the entire Accurascale range. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 63' non-gangwayed Mk1s OUGHT to be done first - as an intermediate step if nothing else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Tim Dubya Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 10 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: 63' non-gangwayed Mk1s OUGHT to be done first - as an intermediate step if nothing else. Replica do a not too shabby version for those what's not in a hurry. http://www.replicarailways.co.uk/menusep3/menuselfassem 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Rather depends whether you consider moulded-on door & grab handles to be shabby, I suppose ??!? ( no hurry as far as I'm concerned - unless I have a sudden urge to change my modelling period ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 15 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 15 40 minutes ago, Wickham Green too said: Rather depends whether you consider moulded-on door & grab handles to be shabby, I suppose ??!? ( no hurry as far as I'm concerned - unless I have a sudden urge to change my modelling period ) TBH, I'm more concerned with the appearance of detail than how it's achieved. John 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium MJI Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, BVMR21 said: A new tooled MK1 range of the gangway type providing some form of accessible variants would be interesting (if feasible), and given the longevity of the MK1s, you have to tool up a wide range anyway, personally I would be happy to see Accurascale produce MK1s as it's rather difficult to acquire SKs, SOs, etc as mentioned previously, not to mention would go well with practically the entire Accurascale range. I am goig to Comet for future ones looking at teh poor RTR availablitly Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) I can't be bothered to wade through 193 pages of this stuff, so I don't know whether or not it's already been suggested and I don't know if anyone from Accurascale even reads this , as it isn't a thread started by them, but please can we have a BR 21-ton hopper? There's nothing produced, except the Parkside kit. I'm no stranger to building kits but I can't get one of those damned things to stay square, run true, and stay on the tracks well. I'd buy a dozen of them and happily take a hammer to my Parkside ones! Edited March 15 by Ruston 4 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob D2 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, Ruston said: I can't be bothered to wade through 193 pages of this stuff, so I don't know whether or not it's already been suggested and I don't know if anyone from Accurascale even reads this , as it isn't a thread started by them, but please can we have a BR 21-ton hopper? There's nothing produced, except the Parkside kit. I'm no stranger to building kits but I can't get one of those damned things to stay square, run true, and stay on the tracks well. I'd buy a dozen of them and happily take a hammer to my Parkside ones! I’m almost certain it’s been mentioned , and it seems a popular idea 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickham Green too Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 3 hours ago, Ruston said: ... happily take a hammer to my Parkside ones! ... and we'll all happily watch the video you post on the appropriate 'HOP 21 by Accurascale' thread ! 😊 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Flying Pig Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 46 minutes ago, rob D2 said: I’m almost certain it’s been mentioned , and it seems a popular idea Once or twice 😁 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZRedBaron Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I've made my thoughts on locomotive stock clear before here and elsewhere- I'm personally in favour of seeing a Gresley K2 or a Raven B16/1 in terms of locomotives; but having been thinking some more, and also in something of an aggressive mood today, maybe it's also time to fire a shot across Hornby's bows, and produce accurate, nay, prototypical LNER teak-bodied coaches. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Decorum Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 14 hours ago, Ruston said: I can't be bothered to wade through 193 pages of this stuff, so I don't know whether or not it's already been suggested and I don't know if anyone from Accurascale even reads this , as it isn't a thread started by them, but please can we have a BR 21-ton hopper? There's nothing produced, except the Parkside kit. I'm no stranger to building kits but I can't get one of those damned things to stay square, run true, and stay on the tracks well. I'd buy a dozen of them and happily take a hammer to my Parkside ones! Accurascale are the people. It puts me in mind of whole trains of about twenty wagons individually numbered and detailed, which is where Accurascale started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Mind you, Accurascale will be needing a beefy industrial to shunt these wagons at the Collieries... A 16" cylinder Bagnall 0-6-0ST comes to mind... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruston Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 3 hours ago, BVMR21 said: Mind you, Accurascale will be needing a beefy industrial to shunt these wagons at the Collieries... A 16" cylinder Hudswell Clarke 0-6-0T comes to mind... Couldn't agree more. 😉 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 2 minutes ago, Ruston said: Couldn't agree more. 😉 Plenty of the Hudswells too lol. In fact there are two in steam if we're on about HC 1857 and HC 1884... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishdurham Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 7 hours ago, BVMR21 said: Mind you, Accurascale will be needing a beefy industrial to shunt these wagons at the Collieries... A 16" cylinder Bagnall 0-6-0ST comes to mind... or a Lambton Tank, that is plenty of beef! I'd like a NER T3 or Q7, need something North Eastern to pull those Consett Hoppers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 16 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 16 How ‘bout one of those 16” Barclays at Talywaun? Brutal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BVMR21 Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Well any large industrial 0-6-0 would do, though I am biased given my favouritism for Bagnalls... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pmorgancym Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 Now theres no chance of a re run from Hattons, the RHTT and GBRF's new Bayer weedkiller train, suitable short trains that can turn up anywhere and have a natural link to the new 66s 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 There seems to be an interest in GWR steam locomotives, when not looking at the many 'industrial' tank engines. How about a County 4-6-0? It would be nice to see a high-quality model of this. I've previously mentioned an interest in: ex LMS 8F 2-8-0. True, Hornby have re-introduced their quite reasonable model, but .... ex LMS Jubilee - many variants. Bachmann's is nice, but old now, and the really interesting variants are of the even older tooling. ex LMS Parallel Royal Scot. Bachmann's is old now. This would be a superb addition for the enthusiast. OK, I'm an early member of the 'please bring out an Accurascale BR Class 40' - still waiting ... !! Other diesels could be the West Country based hydraulics - 35 Hymek, 42/43 Warship and 52 Western. All 3 of these have a disproportionately large following. Accurascale variants could be pretty interesting!! Al. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18 Tbh I think I’d rather see resources used on new models that have either not ever been produced in RTR form, or at least not to current standards. The Hawksworth County (and the Churchward 4-4-0) and parallel-boiler Royal Scot fall in to the second category, to which I would add the 2721, 81xx large prairie, and R1. Never produced low-hangers might include the 3150 large prairie, Metro, 517, 2021, Austin 7, B16, and any number of South Wales and Scottish pre-grouping prototypes. The Stanier 8F is a very frequent player in this sort of wishlisting, and a very large class with a wide geographical spread and a common sight right up to the end of steam. There is clearly a reservoir of demand for a new tooling but I am not aware of any particular deficiency with the current Hornby model. No model of this loco has ever captured the character of the prototype as well as the Hornby Dublo, but surely nobody these days would want such a crude tooling; cab full of motor, flangeless drivers, no brakes, stamped motion, lumpen cast detail, boiler skirts…. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Dunsignalling Posted March 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18 17 minutes ago, The Johnster said: Tbh I think I’d rather see resources used on new models that have either not ever been produced in RTR form, or at least not to current standards. The Hawksworth County (and the Churchward 4-4-0) and parallel-boiler Royal Scot fall in to the second category, to which I would add the 2721, 81xx large prairie, and R1. Never produced low-hangers might include the 3150 large prairie, Metro, 517, 2021, Austin 7, B16, and any number of South Wales and Scottish pre-grouping prototypes. The Stanier 8F is a very frequent player in this sort of wishlisting, and a very large class with a wide geographical spread and a common sight right up to the end of steam. There is clearly a reservoir of demand for a new tooling but I am not aware of any particular deficiency with the current Hornby model. No model of this loco has ever captured the character of the prototype as well as the Hornby Dublo, but surely nobody these days would want such a crude tooling; cab full of motor, flangeless drivers, no brakes, stamped motion, lumpen cast detail, boiler skirts…. Actually, once you strip the 2mm of paint off them, Dublo 8Fs are quite refined! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 18 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 18 The bodyshell & tender castings are (bar the boiler skirts), but the rest is very much a product of the late 1950s. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailwayModeller927 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 (edited) Going to be a bit of a hot take, but considering Accurascale went to Bressingham for GER 87, I kinda want RTR models of the other locos there. I'd love to see one of LTSR's Thundersley as IIRC there hasn't been that many ready-to-run atlantic tanks at all outside of the Adams Radials made by Oxford and Hornby. Edited March 18 by RailwayModeller927 Completely forgot that Hornby and Oxford Rail did Adams Radials 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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